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• Theodora Joseph Peter Leonie (Dorianne) Chorus, Steyl,5935,Venlo,Limburg,Nederland
• Marcel Louis Bart Collombon, Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hessel Marinus Johannes Magielse, Roosendaal
• Simone Corine de Bruijn, Zoetermeer

• Bessie Lucinda Spidle (71)
• Albert Antonius Reijs (87), Eindhoven
• Anna Maria Hubertina Mosmuller (85), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arthur Bonnes (87), River Falls, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Charlotte van der Stok (86)
• Carolina francina van tatenhove (70), middelburg
• Adrianus LEEUWEN, van (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Loon (69), Oosterhout
• Agnes Ziebarth (83)
• * Grietje Slob (86), Bilthoven

• 1972 » Corinne Niogret, French biathlete
• 1972 » Ed Benes, Brazilian comic book artist
• 1972 » Jérôme Alonzo, French footballer
• 1972 » Johan Åkerman, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1972 » Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
• 1972 » Skander Souayah, Tunisian footballer
• 1973 » Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer
• 1973 » Fabio Galante, Italian footballer
• 1973 » Masaya Honda, Japanese footballer
• 1973 » Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster

• 1972 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish Fascist dictator (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
• 1980 » John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Richard Loo, Chinese-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Carlo Campanini, Italian actor, singer and comedian (b. 1904)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
• May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59​⁄₅, an as-yet unbeaten record.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
• December 3 » Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
• December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

The temperature on November 20, 1973 was between 1.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.